Page 4 - The Jewish Voice - July '19

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Federation Staff Lead environment. Findings from the survey — which was aimed Reflections on a
at working Americans who have volunteered in the last 12
Impactful Volunteer Project months — also support the idea that employees may volunteer Trip of a Lifetime
more if they have a better understanding of the impact their
Dozens of Jewish efforts are making. Pride and Resilience
Federation of Palm Cha ba d of Pal m
Beach County staff Beth Am Congregants Beach Gardens recently
members lived the Volunteer at St. George’s celebrated its fourth
Jewish value of tikun Community Mission to
olam (Hebrew for Soup Kitchen Israel with 41 participants.
“repair the world”) by Though our People
volunteering recently The Temple Beth Am volunteer team recently provided have been greatly
at Urban Youth another delicious, hot, and lovingly prepared meal to those oppressed through the millennia in Israel, we felt incredible
Impact in West Palm less fortunate in our community. They were happy to serve Jewish pride at the Roman City of Caesarea. As we sat in
Beach. Federation over 200 welcomed pasta meals (with meatballs, veggies, the ancient stadium where Jews were brutally tortured, we
staf fers packed and rolls) at St. George’s Soup Kitchen in Riviera Beach. realized that, despite the persecutions, we Jews have outlived
toiletry care packages Carly Jacobson and Jennifer the Romans as well as the Nazis. Spontaneously, we broke
for teens, organized Friedman vacuuming out into a joyous song of “Am Yisrael Chai!”
and personalized Our carefully planned trip caused a roller coaster of
book donations for emotion as we learned about Jews who fought back despite
elementary and middle being in the worst of circumstances. When we visited Yad
school children, built Vashem, the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Jerusalem, we
a garden and bench to focused on the partisans who fought from the forests and on
beautify outdoor space, the Warsaw Ghetto uprising. We visited Kfar Etzion, where
and cleaned windows the multimedia museum allowed us to feel as if we were part
a n d c l a ssr o o m s of the hundreds of Jews who valiantly defended the early
in preparation for cities of modern Israel in the 1940s.
summer camp. Each
year, Federation hosts Local Happenings on page 5
a volunteer day for
staff members to “Service is our number one priority”
engage with and serve Elana Cooper, Rafiki Beecher, Kate
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round job-readiness
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living in the Tamarind
Avenue corridor and
surrounding area in
West Palm Beach. The
nonprofit — selected
as the beneficiary of Donna Espinales, Lindsay Hirsch,
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— is an example
of Federation’s State Licensed & Insured
longstanding Serving Palm Beach County CPC # 1457468 • LPG#30099
partnership with the
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communities,
leading interfaith 62 Marina Gardens Drive
efforts that further Palm Beach Gardens
enhance tolerance,
u n d e r st a n d i n g ,
collaboration, and
cooperation.
“We are committed Private Gated Community
to improving the Francine Pensky, Beth Hauser,
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want all children and Elaine Aronoff pack personal Walking Distance to
families to know hygiene kits for teen girls who attend
that they have our Urban Youth Impact programs. amazing Dining,
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we work together.” Town Home
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